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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107964 | Automatic building of neighbor lists in mobile system In a radio access network (24) a femto radio base station (28f) comprises a resident receiver (54) which acquires system information broadcast in a radio access network (24). At least part of the system information is used for ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8081982 | Wireless communication device and communication method thereof A wireless communication device and method includes selecting a group of neighboring base stations having a relatively stronger signal intensity among the neighboring base stations as servo base stations, and periodically detecting the signal intensities of the serv... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8041359 | Method for maintaining a communication link in wireless network groups Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for maintaining communication between a dependent and a communications network when the dependent is outside a coverage area associated with its master using a controller and a communications network. In one embodiment, whe... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032142 | Access point power control There is described a method of controlling a basestation in a cellular wireless communications network, the method comprising, within the basestation, autonomously and dynamically adapting a maximum value for a total transmit power of the basestation, such that inte... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023952 | Location updating in communications networks This disclosure concerns methods and systems for network communications. In one example of such a method, respective groups of cells are first allocated to respective location regions. Next, respective indicators are received from various devices, indicating the ide... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023951 | Dynamic coverage and capacity solution for cellular radio network A cellular communication system is provided. According to one embodiment, the communication system includes at least one cell. The at least one cell is defined by a coverage layer defining a coverage of the at least one cell and a capacity layer at least partly defi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7929970 | Methods and systems for temporarily modifying a macro-network neighbor list to enable a mobile station to hand off from a macro network to a femto cell Methods and systems are disclosed for temporarily modifying a macro-network neighbor list to enable a mobile station to hand off from a macro network to a femto cell. A method includes receiving a signal indicating that the mobile station detected coverage of a femt... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920870 | System and method for adaptive configuration of cell structure based on the position of mobile stations A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for adaptively configuring the cell structure of a cell having at least two carrier frequencies between an overlaid/underlaid (OL/UL) sub-cell structure and a normal cell structure based on the position of mobile s... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7844273 | System for and method of for providing dedicated capacity in a cellular network The present invention comprises systems for and methods of providing dedicated capacity in a wireless cellular network. In an embodiment, a system for providing dedicated capacity in a cellular network comprises: a first base station positioned at a first location a... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7657262 | System and method for providing enhanced handover performance A method for assisting in a handover is provided that includes utilizing a link between a centralized access controller (CAC) and customer premises equipment (CPE) to facilitate a communication session involving a mobile station. The method also includes rejecting a... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653394 | Node-to node messaging transceiver network with dynamic routing and configuring The invention is a system operating on a reference frequency. The system comprises a plurality of at least three nodes. Each node hands off a message received from another node to a subsequent node. Each of the nodes comprises a transceiver receiving a message on th... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7634272 | Mobile station, mobile communication system, and cell selection method In mobile communication system 100 according to the present invention, mobile station 1 is camped on cell C10 established by base station B10. In the cell C10, there exist indoor cells C11-C13 and outdoor cells C21... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7613457 | System and method for supporting quality of service in vertical handovers between heterogeneous networks A method, system, and business model are disclosed for supporting handover between a mobile host and a corresponding node located in a heterogeneous network. Handover paths are established to accommodate a plurality of quality of service properties. Admission contro... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7440432 | Wireless access system A wireless access system is provided which prevents the occurrence of a hidden terminal problem and minimizes the reduction in throughput. In the wireless access system, an access point divides terminals into groups such that terminals in one group cannot recognize ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426204 | Symbol synchronization method for OFDM-based wireless communication system Disclosed is a symbol synchronization method in an OFDM-based communication system which includes multiple access nodes supporting wireless connection of terminals, supports multi-connection of each terminal for the access nodes and performs synchronization by means... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420964 | Arranging packet data connections in office system A method for establishing a packet data connection in a telecommunications system which includes an office network, an operator network, and a local area network between them. Data transmission from the office network through the local area network is adapted to a d... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414992 | Method and apparatus for providing a hand-in to a wireless local area network A communication unit (10) with dual-mode operating capability comprises: a receiver (203, 204) and a transmitter (207, 208) for supporting an initial connection with another communication unit (12) on a first wireless network (16, 18, ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406313 | Systems, methods and computer program products for connecting ad hoc piconets to wide area networks A hyper-scatternet includes a first ad hoc piconet, a second ad hoc piconet and a wide area network, wherein the first and second ad hoc piconets are configured to communicate with one another via the wide area network. Each ad hoc piconet can include an application... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403799 | Base station and call search method used for the same In a base station providing a large-distance service area (large area) such as a mobile communication system WLL of the CDMA method, the time required for performing call search (path search) is reduced so as to reduce the call connection time. When performing a pat... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400886 | Call hand-over in a wireless local area network A method and apparatus for automatically handing over calls between a wireless LAN and a non-WLAN, with minimum or no disruption of active calls. The invention gives users flexibility in customizing hand-over preferences and allows telephony features to be transferr... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398088 | Handover method and apparatus A method (FIG. 11) and corresponding wireless communication unit (102, FIG. 5) and mobility manager (116, FIG. 6) for facilitating a handover from one communication network (106) to another communication network (108)... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395056 | Time-shared full duplex protocol for use with a wireless communications system with artificial intelligence-based distributive call routing The present invention is directed to a Time-Shared Full Duplex (TSFD) asynchronous wireless communications protocol for use in a TSFD wireless communication system. The wireless protocol utilizes broadband PCS radio frequency (RF) spectrum with PCS low band reserved... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395067 | Systems and methods for sectoring antennas in a wireless network A wireless network may be managed by identifying one or more wireless subscriber systems included in a lobe pool of a wireless network, identifying at least one candidate subscriber system outside of the lobe pool with which to enable communications, and reconfiguri... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392052 | Hard handover method and controller The invention is related to a controller of a communication system that includes a module for exchanging messages indicating a traffic channel change between communication system units before hard handover, a module for changing a downlink traffic channel, a module ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389112 | Mobile terminal for optimal spectrum utilization in cellular systems A method and apparatus for providing handover between carriers of different duplex frequency separation distances is provided. A mobile terminal is configured to operate in both fixed and variable duplex. The ability operate with unpaired up-link and down-link frequ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389111 | Adaptive determination of hysteresis for facilitating base station selection, including handover, in a wireless communication system The present invention provides method and apparatus for facilitating base station selection/handover by a user terminal in a distributed (e.g., cellular-type) wireless communication system. In accordance with one aspect, hysteresis is adaptively determined as a func... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386296 | Controlling and enhancing handoff between wireless access points A process of maintaining access information between wireless hotspots is disclosed. A logon request from a wireless portable device is received by a first access point of a first wireless hotspot and use of the first access point by the wireless portable device is a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363037 | Vertical handover control algorithm for WLAN and UMTS In this invention, a novel vertical handover control algorithm, consisting of a throughput-based mapping function, QoS-based dynamic handover thresholds, and performance-based trigger timers, are proposed to resolve uncommon pilot problem, QoS requirements, and ping... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363041 | Device and a method for use in a mobile telephone device for processing location data by detecting geolocation parameters of an area or areas of a network A location data processing device (D) for a mobile telephone device (UE) which can move in geographical areas of a communication network defined by sets of location parameters. the processing device includes processing means adapted i) to determine the geographical ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363343 | Computer networks for providing peer to peer remote data storage and collaboration Computer networks for brokering the transmission of data between remote computers for purposes of redundancy or collaboration. A service brokers the transfer of data between an initiating computer and a destination device, thereby establishing a peer-to-peer archite... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359707 | Wireless communications handoff method and system employing such A method for reducing a delay in a wireless communications system resulting from a handoff while mitigating a risk of premature termination of wireless communications, the method includes comparing data indicative of actual use of the wireless communications systems... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353031 | Method for estimating the location of a wireless device in a communication network A method for estimating the location of a blindfolded node (235) in a wireless network having reference nodes (225, 230) is provided. The reference nodes (225, 230) are combined into pairs (301) and each pair is checked to determine if th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353025 | Uplink scheduling method of wireless mobile communication system A method of uplink transmission scheduling for a network including at least one radio network controller (RNC), at least one user equipment (UE), and a plurality of Node Bs. The method includes determining a parameter to be applied to an uplink transmission schedule... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349373 | Apparatus and method for determining soft or softer handoff in mobile communication system Apparatus and method for determining soft or softer handoff are described. The present invention includes the steps of comparing sectors in an active set to set values corresponding to the soft or softer handoff for the sectors, respectively in a base station, trans... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349699 | Method and apparatus for transmitting traffic on overlay and underlay carriers Overlay and underlay carriers are used to transmit traffic over a cellular network for a call associated with a mobile terminal. A method involves determining which one of the underlay carrier and the overlay carrier is to carry the traffic as a function of a resour... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346369 | Mode monitoring and identification through distributed radio Independent radio communication devices can share network information directly with each other in the local area using an independent wireless link. This network information encompasses synchronisation information, interference, network configuration, neighbour cell... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343160 | System and method for servicing communications using both fixed and mobile wireless networks Mobile wireless device(s) roam within and between premises and a vehicle or other mobile platform and interface to wireless local area networks within the premises or vehicle. When using the intra-vehicular network, a communication relay within the vehicle routes co... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339926 | System and method for wireless communication in a frequency division duplexing region A method and system for using half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in a Frequency Division Duplexing region to provide wireless connectivity between the half-duplex base stations and customers in multiple sectors of a cell. The method and system can use t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336923 | Method, apparatus and system for extending wireless network coverage A method, apparatus and system for extending wireless network coverage is generally presented. In this regard, an extender agent is introduced to determine whether a wireless communication(s) was intended for a client(s) on an extended coverage network serviced by a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331666 | Eyewear with a mounted radio frequency transceiver An eyewear having a frame, at least one temple attached to the frame, and a radio frequency transceiver for short-distance wireless communication. The radio frequency transceiver is mounted on either the frame or the temple and is configured to form an ad hoc wirele... | 02/19/2008 |
